The former Capitol Hill Tully’s space will serve coffee again — and a bevy of baked goods — as Macrina Bakery builds out the 19th Avenue East building for its fifth café.
Sunday’s intermittent drizzles demonstrated the utility of the new Arboretum Loop Trail during its grand opening celebration. A crowd gathered for drumming, family activities and trail tours on April 8, pausing briefly as representatives from the City of Seattle, University of Washington and Arboretum Foundation made opening day remarks and then performed a “vine-cutting” ceremony.
The Miller Community Center will host a $3.3 million solar microgrid demonstration project, according to an announcement by Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on Friday.
Gene and Liz Brandzel have spent the past 11 years turning the 37th Avenue East road end into a nature habitat and popular neighborhood destination, and they’re inviting the community to lend a hand for Earth Day.
The Seattle Select Committee on Citywide Mandatory Housing Affordability will hold a public hearing on proposed zoning changes in Districts 3 and 7 at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 16, at Seattle Central College.
Denise Juneau is poised to become the next superintendent of Seattle Public Schools, after the school board voted Wednesday night to enter contract negotiations with the former Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Congestion pricing could be coming to the city’s downtown core, as part of a new push to reduce carbon emissions announced Wednesday. But Mayor Jenny Durkan says downtown tolling is only one part of a larger slate of “meaningful changes” needed to meet carbon goals and relieve traffic congestion in the face of inaction from the Trump administration.
The Washington State Department of Transportation is inviting the public to an open house addressing the Montlake Phase of the State Route 520 reconstruction project.
Mayor Jenny Durkan halted the project last week after a preliminary assessment of costs concluded the city could face a large capital deficit. “Right now, we have a $23 million deficit, and clearly that’s resources the project doesn’t have,” said interim SDOT director Goran Sparrman during a council briefing on Monday, April 2.
Plans for a Madison Park waterfront redevelopment are on hold pending changes to Seattle’s zoning and design guidelines. Madison Lakeview, 2043 43rd Ave. E., is a proposed three-story apartment building with 12 units and a below-grade parking garage for 14 vehicles.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced the launch of a new website that connects residents with more than a hundred free and discounted resources in late March.
Come July 1, Seattle Public Schools will have a new leader. After poring over more than 60 applications, and then winnowing that down to five candidates for initial interviews, there are now just three contenders to become the district's next superintendent.
